Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services requires better and more extensive training for use of restraints on residents

Nursing home workers who employ physical restraints and seclusion when treating residents and patients must undergo new, more rigorous training to assure the appropriateness of the treatment and to protect patient rights. The new training should help nursing home residents who may suffer from nursing home abuse when employees forcefully place restraints on residents.

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